{"id":1342,"date":"2005-10-10T09:33:16","date_gmt":"2005-10-10T09:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2005\/10\/nice-1.html"},"modified":"2005-10-10T09:33:16","modified_gmt":"2005-10-10T09:33:16","slug":"nice-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2005\/10\/nice-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Nice"},"content":{"rendered":"

From this morning’s interventions at the Synod, an Australian bishop:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Consider the fact that the Author of the Universe took human nature to himself, was born of a Virgin, had (and still has) a human body and a human soul, lived, died and rose again on this tiny planet we call Earth. He did all of this for us and our salvation. And his presence remains with us substantially and really in the Eucharist. This Mystery staggers the mind; is beyond our full comprehension. But the human heart can know it and love it and accept it in true humility in the act of conversion.
We know that the Eucharist is the Father’s pledge of fidelity to and love for the human race. Our faith is audacious and bold in its vision. It comes from God as a gift. We, who are its teachers, must mirror its staggering beauty in the way we speak of the Eucharist, in the way we celebrate the ritual of the Eucharist, and the way we live the Eucharist.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What more needs to be said?<\/p>\n

Actually, there are many interesting statements – attend to the African and Carribean bishops, in particular. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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